e6420 or e6600

[utajoker]

will these clock to the same speeds?

i got a scythe ninja for cooling, and wondering if i i can save 20 quid an get the E6420

 

[IAmATeaf]

Don't think there's a hard and fast answer as it varies from chip to chip.

 

[utajoker]

well im just after a general answer

whats a rough guess at max clockable with the above cooler?

 

[Big.Wayne]

well im just after a general answer

whats a rough guess at max clockable with the above cooler?

If you spend some time reading the forum you will find one million posts regarding how the E6600 clocks but will are still waiting on the e6420 results, its take up has been quite slow and not many results are in yet.

e6600 vs e6420 is no easy choice, I looked into it for a few days and ended buying an e6400 lol

 

[ovia]

As Big.Wayne has said there are not a great deal of 6420 clocks around atm.

From what I have seen on this forum, most people reach 3.2 easy on the 6420 and I have seen one person reach 3.4, but these are still early tests.

For the 6600 most reach 3.6.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

my E6420 went str8 up tp 2.9ghz on the stock cooler temp was about 47c (i left the heating on when i letf the house ugg) with SP2004 running on borth core fro 20hours can't wait to pop my storm block + pa120.3 rad on it which are in the corner on my old rig till my uni work is done (1week)

 

[matthew2456]

i think if your happy with 3ghz go for the 6420, if you want to squeeze every last drop out of it go for the 6600

 

[Slinky1989]

Most clocks on the 6600 have been ranging from 3.2 - 3.5 as this chip runs pretty hot compared with the other core 2's.

I personally have mine at 3.4 with temps being 28 idle and 55 load.

I could push it further if I wanted to but I don't know what the max temp is for these things so I'm playing it safe

btw I'm using an AC7 freezer pro with 1.45 vCore

 

[marscay]

unless you can land an early batch of e6600 i would try a 6420 or even a 4300

recent 6600's are pretty poor clockers relative to the earlier weeks.